The developmental psychology of reasoning and decision-making / edited by Henry Markovits.
Logical thinking is a critically important cognitive skill. It is not just essential for mathematical and scientific understanding, it is also of prime importance when trying to navigate our complex and increasingly sophisticated world. Written by world class researchers in the field, The Developmen...
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Hove, East Sussex :
Psychology Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Current issues in thinking & reasoning.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: Overview and theory; 2. Assessing the development of rationality; Distinguishing rationality and intelligence in modern cognitive science; Assessment of the development of rational thinking; Empirical trends in the development of rational thinking; The assessment of rational thought in developmental studies; Fluid rationality; Resistance to miserly information processing; Absence of irrelevant context effects in decision making; Risky decision making; Overconfidence; Myside bias.
- Open-minded and objective reasoning stylesPrudent attitude toward the future; Emotion regulation related to reward; sensitivity to emotions; Crystallized rationality: crystallized facilitators; Probabilistic and statistical reasoning; Knowledge of scientific reasoning; Financial literacy and economic thinking; Crystallized rationality: crystallized inhibitors; Developmental of rational thinking: conclusions; Author note; References; 3. Gist processing in judgment and decision making: Developmental reversals predicted by fuzzy-trace theory.
- Gist-verbatim distinction resolves reasoning/remembering paradoxesReasoning and decision making as gist; Gist processes in reasoning and decision making; Developmental reversals in reasoning and decision making; Gist leads to developmental reversals; Human cognitive development: What develops?; Summary of developmental reversals in reasoning and decision making; Reasoning and decision making across the lifespan: inconsistencies with traditional dual-process models of cognitive development; Fuzzy-trace theory: gist processing can lead to better outcomes in risky decision making.
- Brain changes throughout developmentAdults engage in less risk-taking behavior; Conclusion; References; 4. A developmental mental model theory of conditional reasoning; The three hierarchical levels theory of conditional reasoning; Content and context effects; Markovits and Barrouillet's (2002) theory; A developmental dual-process theory of the construction of mental models; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Heuristics and biases during adolescence: Developmental reversals and individual differences; Introduction: Heuristics, the "normative/descriptive" gap, and developmental reversals.
- Developments in heuristics and biasesHeuristic development in childhood; Heuristic development in adolescence; Conclusions about heuristic development during adolescence; Developmental reversals and individual differences during adolescence; Obesity: Reversals in generalization biases and representativeness; Gender: Numeracy and reversals in covariation detection biases; Juvenile justice: Beliefs, thinking dispositions, and developmental reversals in reasoning; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part II: Development of specific competencies; 6. Epistemic domains of reasoning.